# Market evidence report — forecast-manager

Source: **30 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 30), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 19 | 63 % |
| senior | 5 | 17 % |
| lead | 4 | 13 % |
| junior | 2 | 7 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 15 | 50 % |
| 2 | Power BI | 6 | 20 % |
| 3 | python | 5 | 17 % |
| 4 | sql | 4 | 13 % |
| 5 | tableau | 4 | 13 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 19 | 63 % |
| 2 | forecasting | 16 | 53 % |
| 3 | demand planning | 9 | 30 % |
| 4 | demand forecasting | 6 | 20 % |
| 5 | inventory management | 5 | 17 % |
| 6 | market research | 5 | 17 % |
| 7 | process improvement | 5 | 17 % |
| 8 | budgeting | 4 | 13 % |
| 9 | data modeling | 4 | 13 % |
| 10 | scenario modeling | 4 | 13 % |
| 11 | financial modeling | 3 | 10 % |
| 12 | revenue forecasting | 3 | 10 % |
| 13 | scenario planning | 3 | 10 % |
| 14 | statistical modeling | 3 | 10 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continuous improvement | 3 | 10 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forecast development | 5 | 17 % |
| 2 | cross-functional collaboration | 4 | 13 % |
| 3 | stakeholder collaboration | 4 | 13 % |
| 4 | forecast maintenance | 3 | 10 % |
| 5 | process improvement | 3 | 10 % |
| 6 | process optimization | 3 | 10 % |
| 7 | stakeholder communication | 3 | 10 % |
| 8 | team leadership | 3 | 10 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 30 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

30 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- data analysis — 63 % (19 ads)
- forecasting — 53 % (16 ads)
- demand planning — 30 % (9 ads)
- demand forecasting — 20 % (6 ads)
- inventory management — 17 % (5 ads)
- market research — 17 % (5 ads)
- process improvement — 17 % (5 ads)
- budgeting — 13 % (4 ads)
- data modeling — 13 % (4 ads)
- scenario modeling — 13 % (4 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Excel — 50 % (15 ads)
- Power BI — 20 % (6 ads)
- python — 17 % (5 ads)
- sql — 13 % (4 ads)
- tableau — 13 % (4 ads)
- Anaplan — 7 % (2 ads)
- IQVIA — 7 % (2 ads)
- SAP IBP — 7 % (2 ads)
- Symphony — 7 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 63 % · senior 17 % · lead 13 % · junior 7 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Demand Planning & Forecasting Manager | 2 |
| Forecasting Manager | 2 |
| Associate Forecaster | 1 |
| Commercial Analytics & Forecasting Manager | 1 |
| Demand Forecast Analyst | 1 |
| Demand Planning Transformation Manager (S&OP | Forecasting | Supply Chain Analytics) | 1 |
| Director Forecasting & Market Research | 1 |
| Director of Forecasting & Market Insights (Hybrid) | 1 |
| Director, Enterprise Forecasting & Strategic Modeling | 1 |
| Director, Forecasting, Worldwide Global | 1 |
| Forecast & Planning Manager, Maison Francis Kurkdjian | 1 |
| FORECAST ANALYST | 1 |
| Forecasting Analyst | 1 |
| Forecasting Director - US Oncology | 1 |
| FP&A - Management Reporting & Budgeting / Forecasting Lead | 1 |
| Hybrid S&OP & Forecasting Transformation Lead | 1 |
| Lead Analyst, Forecasting Management | 1 |
| Manager, Forecasting & Business Analytics | 1 |
| Manager, Forecasting and Business Insights | 1 |
| Pharma Demand Planner: Forecast & Collaboration | 1 |
| Planning & Forecast Specialist | 1 |
| Senior Director, Forecasting and Business Analytics | 1 |
| Senior Forecasting Leader — US CVRM Strategy | 1 |
| Senior Manager, Demand Forecasting | 1 |
| Senior Manager, Energy Forecasting & Advanced Analytics | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.